
Chamber of Commerce wins food-drive competition
The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce was declared the winner of the first annual Governor’s Bowl Food & Food Drive in the medium chamber category on Monday

The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce was declared the winner of the first annual Governor’s Bowl Food & Food Drive in the medium chamber category on Monday

As of 10 a.m. Thursday, power companies are reporting that approximately 107,300 customers remain without power statewide, according to a report from Gov. Bob McDonnell’s office

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) on Friday joined colleagues in approving a compromise two-year transportation package that includes more than $2 billion in federal transportation support for highway and transit projects in Virginia

The Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved $11.4 billion in allocations for transportation improvement projects over the next six years beginning July 1. The Six-Year Improvement Program distributes funding for highway, road and bridge projects as well as rail, transit, bicycle, pedestrian and other improvements

The building of the Dulles Toll Road in the 1980s was viewed as a way to provide traffic congestion relief to western Fairfax County at a time when Routes 7 and 50 or a series of secondary roads were the only ways to get from Reston to Tysons Corner and beyond

While visiting Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg on Thursday, Gov. Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed nine bills that streamline or eliminate burdensome state mandates on local governments

Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships’ (OTP3) “pipeline” of candidate projects

Previously announced road closures and railroad work on Route 262 (Woodrow Wilson Parkway) in Augusta County have been canceled. The work was scheduled on June 2 and June 3 near the Route 11 intersection

Beginning Wednesday, May 23, motorists will be able to take the quickest route to the beach by following new signs that will display real-time traffic times

A project to help increase safety by reducing median cross-over crashes has been awarded by Commissioner of Highways Gregory A. Whirley on April 3. The $2.7 million contract is awarded to Bullington Construction Inc. of Indian Trail, NC. The project is located on Interstate 64 on Afton Mountain near the borders of Augusta, Nelson and…
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